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Tom Hand and his daughter Emily, who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Photo courtesy of Tom Hand.

World

Israel & Middle East

From Gaza captivity to a new beginning, Emily Hand and father prepare to return to kibbutz

Nearly three years after 50 days as a Hamas hostage, an 11-year-old and her father weigh what going home to Be’eri now means.

The Jewish World Team

May 27, 2026

World

Israel & Middle East

Israel’s first Druze female doctor receives recognition award at ‘Her Stage’ conference

Decades after defying her village to enter medical school, an Israeli gynecologist now sees her three daughters break their own barriers.

The Jewish World Team

May 27, 2026

World

Israel & Middle East

Netanyahu announces intensified strikes on Hezbollah; Washington shows support

After a U.S.-brokered ceasefire frayed, Israel signals a sharper phase against Hezbollah, while a senior U.S. official blames the group entirely.

The Jewish World Team

May 27, 2026

Noam Bettan

World

Israel & Middle East

Israel’s Noam Bettan places second behind Bulgaria at Eurovision

Noam Bettan ended his trilingual “Michelle” with “Am Yisrael Chai” before 160 million viewers, defying boos and a five-country boycott.

Steve Linde

JNS

May 21, 2026

World

Israel & Middle East

Hamas, Oct. 7 and the weaponization of rape

A journalist who entered the kibbutzim after Oct. 7 confronts how sexual violence became a weapon, and how the world looked away.

Fiamma Nirenstein

May 14, 2026

World

Israel & Middle East

Sustained’ harassment of Jews at largest U.S. labor union, complaint alleges

A complaint alleges sustained harassment of Jewish members inside the National Education Association, the largest U.S. labor union.

The Jewish World Team

May 14, 2026